The C-M Law Pretrial Justice Clinic is an experiential course with the combined attributes of a Legal Clinic and Field Experience. The C-M Law Pretrial Justice Clinic working with the Cuyahoga County Public Defender's Office is an effort to address the disparate gap in legal services to indigent defendants and aims to reduce the amount of days indigent defendants spend in jail simply in pretrial detention. Students will work under the direct supervision of both faculty and a site supervisor. The Cuyahoga County Public Defender's Office will be the dedicated agency for the students' lawyering experience. Under the direct supervision of both the faculty and the attorney site supervisor, students will perform legal representation directly to multiple incarcerated indigent clients including the following: Client interviews; Risk assessment evaluation; Background evidence/verification gathering; Systems linking (behavioral health cases); Motion Practice (e.g. written motions for pretrial release); and Oral Advocacy (at First Appearance dockets in either Municipal or Common Pleas Courts). The Clinic will include a one-hour per week classroom instructional component, regular meetings on individual case matters being performed by students, and client work. The Site Supervisor, a licensed attorney, will actively direct, monitor, and mentor students participating in the Clinic.